Top institutions for Geological & Geomatics Engineering

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Geological & Geomatics Engineering?

1,733 researchers whose main subfield is Geological & Geomatics Engineering are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Wuhan University has the most (55, 3.2%), followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (27) and China University of Geosciences (25). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Wuhan University China5534Xia, Gui Song #5,343
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China2715Sun, Xian #10,732
3China University of Geosciences China2517Tang, Huiming #10,805
4Tongji University China2114Huang, Hongwei #20,222
5University of Maryland, College Park United States1613Chang, Chein I. #2,376
6The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong1310Gong, Peng #1,268
7California Institute of Technology United States138Rosen, Paul A. #13,236
8College of Engineering United States139Reddy, Krishna R. #15,737
9China University of Mining and Technology China127He, Manchao #1,168
10Nanjing University China127Tang, Chao-Sheng #6,923
11Shenzhen University China127Yin, Jianhua #15,180
12Beijing Normal University China127He, Chunyang #17,244
13Sun Yat-Sen University China115Liu, Xiaoping #8,980
14Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation – ITC Netherlands119Van Westen, Cees J. #9,314
15Southwest Jiaotong University China116Gao, Gui #42,983
16The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong108Weng, Qihao #1,283
17Central South University China107Li, Xibing #9,815
18School of Resources and Safety Engineering China107Zhou, Jian #11,722
19Hohai University China106Gao, Yufeng #17,650
20Chang'an University China108Gong, Fengqiang #18,904
21Aerospace Information Research Institute China94Zhang, Liangpei #803
22Hunan University China95Chen, Renpeng #18,464
23University of Technology Sydney Australia85Pradhan, Biswajeet K. #319
24NASA Goddard Space Flight Center United States85Tucker, Compton James #899
25Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong88Ng, Charles Wang Wai #1,961
26Chengdu University of Technology China86Huang, Runqiu #2,858
27Chinese Academy of Sciences China86Zhang, Bing #4,288
28Northwestern Polytechnical University China85Cheng, Gong #5,613
29Imperial College London United Kingdom87Zimmerman, Robert W. #9,521
30Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Germany85Moreira, Alberto #13,811
31Tsinghua University China85Yang, Jun #20,651
32Monash University Australia86Bouazza, Abdelmalek #26,170
33Nanjing Normal University China82Du, Peijun #37,672
34Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences China85Jiang, Quan #48,191
35Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy75Vivone, Gemine #2,966
36Chongqing University China76Zhang, Wengang #5,779
37Colorado School of Mines United States76Lu, Ning #7,103
38The University of British Columbia Canada75Hungr, Oldrich #8,343
39Peking University China74Liu, Yu #11,424
40Shandong University China75Li, Shucai #19,369
41USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center United States75Jackson, Thomas J. #21,772
42Universiteit Twente Netherlands76Su, Z. (Bob) #25,957
43Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences China74Wang, Jinfeng #29,342
44University of California, Santa Barbara United States66Goodchild, Michael F. #2,530
45The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia65Sloan, Scott W. #3,125
46Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology China64Hong, Haoyuan #3,418
47University of Minnesota Twin Cities United States64Detournay, Emmanuel #9,875
48University College London United Kingdom64Haklay, Mordechai (Muki) #10,248
49University of Wisconsin-Madison United States66Zhu, Anning Xing #13,097
50Politecnico di Milano Italy62Banfi, Fabrizio B. #27,617
51UNSW Sydney Australia65Khalili, N. D. #30,713
52Sichuan University China64Dai, Feng #37,261
53University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China62Wei, Shunjun #46,610
54Universiteit Gent Belgium63Payan, Meghdad #62,086
55University of Melbourne Australia63Khoshelham, Kourosh #63,687
56Université McGill Canada62McKenzie, Grant #73,164
57Guangzhou University China62Liu, Hai #82,711
58Fuzhou University China53Xu, Han Qiu #1,317
59United States Geological Survey United States54Iverson, Richard M. #2,343
60Universitat de València Spain55Camps-Valls, Gustau #3,581
61Queen’s University Canada53Rowe, R. Kerry #10,685
62Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain55Gens, Antonio #12,421
63GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Germany52Herold, M. #13,752
64Ningbo University China54Sun, Weiwei #21,653
65Beijing University of Technology China55Zheng, Hong #22,036
66School of Geosciences and Info-Physics China51Li, Haifeng #28,358
67Xidian University China52Zhang, Xiangrong #33,014
68University of Southampton United Kingdom54Gourvenec, Susan M. #34,035
69Indian Institute of Science India54Kumar, Jyant #47,619
70China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing China53Zuo, Jianping #48,888
71The University of Queensland Australia54Brown, Edwin T. #49,186
72Zhejiang University China54Zhan, Liangtong #53,899
73National University of Defense Technology China China51Chen, Siwei #60,909
74Politecnico di Torino Italy51Oreste, Pierpaolo #68,626
75Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering, Ministry of Education China51Ding, Wenqi #99,563
76University of Nottingham United Kingdom42Foody, Giles M. #1,148
77The University of Western Australia Australia44Randolph, M. F. #2,292
78Technische Universität München Germany44Zhu, Xiao Xiang #2,919
79Boston University United States44Myneni, Ranga B. #3,569
80Southeast University China44Hong, Danfeng #3,836
81Northeastern University United States42Feng, Xiating #5,714
82National University of Singapore Singapore42Biljecki, Filip #7,056
83RMIT University Australia43Zhou, Annan #9,445
84University of Alberta Canada43Martin, C. Derek #9,533
85Curtin University Australia43Shahin, Mohamed A. #9,943
86Michigan State University United States43Roy, David P. #10,965
87Nanyang Technological University Singapore44Chu, Jian #11,619
88Beihang University China43Zou, Zhengxia #14,062
89Xi'an University of Science and Technology China41Chen, Wei #15,216
90Taiyuan University of Technology China42Li, Yanrong #23,215
91Norges Geotekniske Institutt Norway43Kaynia, Amir Massoud #30,358
92Tarbiat Modares University Iran44Ameri, Alireza Arab #32,663
93Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology China44Mao, Dehua #38,432
94South Dakota State University United States42Zhang, Xiaoyang #43,912
95State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering China42Zhang, Dongming #45,074
96Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences China43Duan, Hongtao #49,766
97Université de Toulouse France41Gastellu-Etchegorry, Jean Philippe #55,288
98Purdue University United States43Salgado, Rodrigo #68,804
99Gamma Remote Sensing Switzerland41Mätzler, Christian #76,539
100European Commission Joint Research Centre Belgium41Mélin, Frédéric #97,912
101School of Natural Resources United States32Gitelson, Anatoly A. #620
102University of Connecticut United States32Zhu, Zhe #2,428
103Mississippi State University United States33Du, Qian #2,666
104Shaoxing University China33Yang, Shengqi #2,935
105Universidad de Extremadura Spain33Plaza, Antonio J. #3,754
106State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering China31Tang, Chun'an #5,812
107National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece33Gazetas, George C. #6,499
108Canadian Forest Service Canada33Wulder, Michael A. #8,149
109King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia32Santamarina, Carlos J. #8,158
110University of Oxford United Kingdom33Houlsby, Guy T. #8,211
111Hebei University of Technology China32Ma, Guowei #8,949
112Københavns Universitet Denmark33Fensholt, R. #9,595
113University of California, Berkeley United States32Soga, Kenichi #10,614
114Università degli Studi di Padova Italy31Catani, Filippo #11,531
115Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Germany32Bechtel, Benjamin #16,948
116TU Wien Austria32Wagner, Wolfgang W. #17,142
117The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden32Jing, Lanru #19,035
118Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences China33Li, Zhaoliang #19,367
119East China Normal University China33Li, Xia #19,808
120University of Science and Technology Beijing China33Cai, Meifeng #20,352
121Western University Canada32El Naggar, M. Hesham #20,360
122China Agricultural University China31Li, Xuecao #20,834
123Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiye33Kahraman, Sair #23,819
124State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks China32Li, Yunsong #26,944
125School of Engineering United States32Cheng, Alexander H.-D. #28,767
126Wageningen University & Research Netherlands33Clevers, Jan G.P.W. #28,926
127City, University of London United Kingdom31Curran, Paul J. #31,081
128Nanchang University China32Huang, Faming #31,215
129UW-Madison College of Engineering United States33Benson, Craig H. #35,877
130Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation Canada31Brisco, B. #38,635
131Université de Lille France31Shao, Jianfu #40,579
132University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States31Mesri, Gholamreza #42,915
133University of Tabriz Iran33Feizizadeh, Bakhtiar #43,522
134Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States33Duncan, James Michael #44,182
135The Ohio State University United States31Qin, Rongjun #45,335
136University of Kurdistan Iran31Shahabi, Himan #45,725
137Huazhong University of Science and Technology China32Liu, Huabei #46,415
138Cockrell School of Engineering United States32Zornberg, Jorge Gabriel #52,612
139University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States33Ulaby, Fawwaz T. #52,847
140Pennsylvania State University United States32MacEachren, Alan M. #54,987
141ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre Netherlands33Drusch, Matthias #56,552
142The University of Texas at Austin United States32Miller, Jennifer A. #56,609
143University of Cambridge United Kingdom32Sheil, Brian B. #60,644
144State Key Laboratory of Hydro Science and Engineering China31Xu, Wenjie #61,988
145Moganshan Geospatial Information Laboratory China32Zhang, Jixian #62,926
146Kunming University of Science and Technology China32Yang, Zhiquan #64,667
147Zhengzhou University China31Xiao, Yi #67,307
148Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong32Lin, Hui #67,863
149Guizhou University China32Zhao, Yu #68,388
150Xi'an University of Technology China32Lv, Zhiyong #69,616
151University of South China China31Wang, Dongxing #70,902
152College of Civil Engineering and Architecture Zhejiang University China32Yang, Zhongxuan #74,319
153Nanjing Agricultural University China31Cheng, Tao #75,128
154University of Manitoba Canada31Lajtai, Emery Z. #76,929
155The University of Burdwan India32Chowdhuri, Indrajit #79,479
156RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Japan31Xia, Junshi #85,605
157University of Tehran Iran31Bahaaddini, M. #99,985
158Ocean University of China China30Li, Jiayi #106,704
159Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia30Mohamad, Edy Tonnizam #109,018
160Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover Germany30Sester, Monika #109,810